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By Kelsey, Jamie, and Kelsey
The 1920's was the start of prohibition. Prohibition is is the selling of alcohol. This was the start of speakeasies,bootleggers, and gangsters. The United States was at a high damand for alcohol and it was delivered by gangsters and bootleggers to speakeasies, which would later be sold to high paying americans. Speakeasies were illagal drinking places which sold alcohol and made lots of money. Al Capone was one of the most famous gangsters ever. He ran a bussiness of selling achohol. He also murdered lots of men. The St. Valentines Day Massacre is when Al Capone and his gangsters killed seven of Bugs Moran's gangsters. In the 1920's prohibition changed America.

Vocabulary speakeasies bootleggers St.Valentines Day Massacre gangsters prohibition __- __ Speakeasies-Kelsey H Many people liked to go out and drink. They went to illegal drinking places, called speakeasies, when the government closed down bars in 1920. Alcohol resulted to bad behavior, neglect, abuse and many other problems. There were around 200,000 speakeasies ﻿﻿across the nation. They were set up in basements, attics, warehouses, and apartments and people needed a password to get in.

The Cotton Club was a famous speakeasy. This was set up in Harlem. It always had an all—black show, but no African American customers were allowed in. It was a jazz night club. Club 21, still exists today in New York City. Two cousins, Jack Kriendler and Charlie Berns, wanted to get night school tuition, so they opened up a speakeasy. Towards the end of 1929 and the beginning of 1930, they moved to a different location. The 21 refers to the address.

The Green Mill was held in Chicago. Behind this speakeasy was a trap door, which to lead to a basement. In this basement, there were many tunnels. They used these tunnels to secretly deliver alcohol without getting caught. Speakeasies were very popular when the Probation act took place.

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre Kelsey S
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre started when Al Capone, a famous gang leader heard that Bugs Moran killed several of his top men. That made Al Capone want to seek revenge on Bugs Moran, another gang leader in Florida.. Nothing is certain, but people think that Al Capone contacted Abe Bernstein, Detroit’s purple gang leader, and they made a detailed plan. Bernstein called Moran and told him that hijacked whiskey was being sold at a low price, and for him to receive it at his gang’s headquarters disguised as a cartage company. The members of Capone’s gang drove in a black Cadillac, which at the time were detective cars and wore police uniforms. Bugs Moran and two others were running late to the delivery, so when they pulled up to the garage they saw the detective car and drove off. The other members of Moran’s gang were still in the garage, and were all shot by Capone’s gang members. All of the men were shot to death by Al Capone’s gang members. This is the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.



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- Jamie

= Al Capone = = Gangster =

During the roaring twenties prohibition opened the door for gangsters. One of those gangsters was Al “Scarface” Capone. Al Capone was born on January 17, 1899 in and Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn. When Al Capone was growing up he had a heavy muscular build with large beefy hands. He fought often. By age eleven he was in two “kids gang” in the lower east side. Four years later he joined an adult gang called “five points gang”. When Al was nineteen he married Mary “Mae” Coughlin and they had a son Al Jr. Watch this [|video] to find more imformation about Al Capone. --- //Capone with deputy chief of police, John Stege,// //who eventually asked Capone to leave Chicago//

Even though Al had a family he still continued in his criminal career. Al Capone got in many fights. One of them led to him almost killing a man. The man swore revenge, in order to be safe he had to move to Chicago with his family. After he arrived in Chicago the eighteenth amendment was established. The eighteenth amendment banned alcohol. This was great for Al Capone because he knew the nation was going “dry”. In Chicago, he worked in the bootleggers business. Al Capone controlled speakeasies, bookie joints, gambling houses, brothels, horse and race tracks, nightclubs, distilleries and breweries. He made $100,000,000 a year. The mayor of Chicago was not happy with Al Capone and hired a police officer to run him out of Chicago. Al Capone then moved to Florida. In Florida, Al Capone started murdering people like crazy. Al Capone’s most deadly killing was the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. Even though he killed dozens of people he had a strong sense of loyalty and honor. He was the first to open soup kitchens in 1929 when the stock market crashed. Even though Al Capone broke the law a lot he was not sent to prison for a long time because of lack of evidence. He finally was put into jail in the 1930’s and many more times after that. Al Capone died January 4, 1947 from cardiac arrest. Al Capone went down in history as one of the best gangsters ever. To find more about Al Capone click [|here]

Work cited

king, david. //Al Capone and the Roaring Twenties//. Conneticut: Blackbirch Press, 1999. Print.

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